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Subject: [Leica] Older than Jerry Lehrer! Zeiss-Ikon Taxo c1927
From: glehrer at san.rr.com (Jerry Lehrer)
Date: Tue Jul 24 19:55:32 2007
References: <46A67B05.4050807@hemenway.com> <46A6B7A9.6090908@san.rr.com> <46A6BAB1.2090206@hemenway.com>

Jim,

I hat to tell you this, but all of us are older than any of our teeth!

Jerry


Jim Hemenway wrote:
> Hi Jerry:
>
> Yes, a Novar Anastigmat f6.3 13.5 cm.  This one has lever focusing, 
> and a groundglass back can be slipped into where the film holders go 
> for more accurate focusing.
>
> I'm older than some of my teeth, am gong to hit the sack now.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> Jerry Lehrer wrote:
>
>> Jim,
>>
>> Those old 9x12cm cameras can produce great results.  Is that a Novar 
>> lens on it?  I saw one
>> recently that someone had put a Goerz Dagor lens on it.  It had the 
>> weirdest focusing system.
>> Not a rack und pinion, just pinch and slide!
>>
>> Yes, two years older than me.
>>
>> Jerry
>>
>>
>> Jim Hemenway wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Folks:
>>>
>>> I went to the Brimfield Antique Flea Market a little over a week 
>>> ago... <http://www.hemenway.com/Brimfield-07132007/>
>>>
>>> While there I bought this quarter-glass-plate camera.
>>>
>>> I wanted to take some photos with it but don't have any glass 
>>> plates, especially in Ektachrome.
>>>
>>> So I cut some pieces of poster board and discovered that 3-1/4 x 
>>> 4-1/4 would fit perfectly, and that the springs behind the film 
>>> would push it against the film plane just as it would with a glass 
>>> plate.
>>>
>>> I cut some 4x5 to size and shot a couple of photos at Lanes Cove on 
>>> Sunday afternoon.
>>>
>>> My lab graciously offered to do a special E-6 run for the odd size.
>>>
>>> Here's the results:
>>> <http://www.hemenway.com/Zeiss-Ikon-TAXO-07222007/>
>>>
>>> Life can be fun.
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>
>>


In reply to: Message from Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway) ([Leica] Older than Jerry Lehrer! Zeiss-Ikon Taxo c1927)
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Message from Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway) ([Leica] Older than Jerry Lehrer! Zeiss-Ikon Taxo c1927)